[vtkusers] VTK and QT Projects (QVTKWidget.h)

Mon Aug 2 10:52:52 EDT 2010

Hi,

I did build it with BUILD_SHARED_LIBS on. However if I turn this off and 
solve my problem, what exactly  have I turned off? i.e. what is the 
purpose of BUILD_SHARED_LIBS anyone??

On 2.8.2010 17:19, Rocco Gasteiger wrote:
>
> Hello Alex,
>
> Did you build your VTK with shared libs (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS) on? I had 
> the same problems like you and could only run my vtk-qt-program in 
> debug or release mode. If I want to switch between modes, I had to 
> recompile VTK in the according mode with an additional install run 
> e.g. To run my program in release mode è compilation in Release and 
> run install; To run in debug mode è compilation in Debug and run 
> install. I resolved it by turn off the shared libs option in CMake (a 
> finally rebuilding of VTK is necessary).
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> Best regards, Rocco
>
> *Von:* vtkusers-bounces at vtk.org [mailto:vtkusers-bounces at vtk.org] *Im 
> Auftrag von *Alex Southern
> *Gesendet:* Montag, 2. August 2010 15:59
> *An:* vtkusers at vtk.org
> *Betreff:* Re: [vtkusers] VTK and QT Projects (QVTKWidget.h)
>
> I solved my problem.... almost,
>
> basically despite having a working application in VS 2008, I decided 
> to use my source files to build a new one using cmake. For future 
> reference the file is below, although a word of warning.....
>
> I included the WIN32 option (in ADD_EXECUTABLE) in order to stop the 
> console window appearing in addition to my gui. Upon compilation this 
> caused 2 linker errors, I stopped both of these by adding qtmain.lib 
> to the linker's additional dependencies. This solved the problem BUT 
> I'm sure that Cmake should be doing this for me, so the cmakelists 
> file is probably missing something.
>
> Secondly, The project only runs in Release Mode !!, I did some digging 
> and this has something to do with QT dll conflicts. The output window 
> shows that it is loading both the release and debug versions of 
> Qtcore4.dll Qtgui4.dll (Qtcored4.dll Qtguid4.dll) as of yet I dont 
> know how stop this....
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Cmake file below
> ---------------------------------------
> cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
>
> PROJECT(WaveModellerVTK)
>
> FIND_PACKAGE(VTK)
> INCLUDE(${VTK_USE_FILE}) # include UseVTK.cmake
>
> FIND_PACKAGE(Qt4 REQUIRED)
> INCLUDE(${QT_USE_FILE})  # include UseQt4.cmake
>
> # support for out-of-source build
> INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(
>   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
>   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
> )
>
> # Set your files and resources here
> SET(WMSrcs main.cpp wavemodeller.cpp nodfile.cpp newproject.cpp)
> SET(WMUI wavemodeller.ui newproject.ui)
> SET(WMqrc wavemodellericons.qrc)
> SET(WMHeaders wavemodeller.h nodFile.h newproject.h)
>
> QT4_WRAP_UI(UISrcs ${WMUI})
> QT4_ADD_RESOURCES(UIico ${WMqrc})
> QT4_WRAP_CPP(MOCSrcs ${WMHeaders} )
>
>
> SOURCE_GROUP("Resources" FILES
>   ${WMUI}
>
> )
>
> SOURCE_GROUP("Generated" FILES
>   ${UISrcs}
>   ${MOCSrcs}
> #  ${RCS_SOURCES}
> )
>
> ADD_EXECUTABLE( WaveModellerVTK WIN32 ${WMSrcs} ${UIico} ${WMUI} 
> ${MOCSrcs})
> TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES( WaveModellerVTK QVTK )
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> On 30.7.2010 23:08, Darshan Pai wrote:
>
> Hi Alex,
>
> you should probably include the QVTKWidget.h that is present in your 
> bin folder rather than the source folder . The reason is that when you 
> compile VTK with GUISupport it generates a moc file for the widget 
> which is saved in the bin folder and will be needed for QT .
>
> Regards
> Darshan
>
> On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Alex Southern 
> <mrapsouthern at gmail.com <mailto:mrapsouthern at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> QT has been working fine up until I try to compile a gui with a 
> vtkwidgetplugin in. However just in case it does matter, yes I beleive 
> I did.
>
> In Project->Properties->C/C++->Additional Include Directories...
> ".\GeneratedFiles;"$(QTDIR)\include";".\GeneratedFiles\$(ConfigurationName)";"$(QTDIR)\include\qtmain";"$(QTDIR)\include\QtCore";"$(QTDIR)\include\QtGui";.\
>
> In Project->Properties->Linker->Additional Library Directories...
> "$(QTDIR)\lib"
>
> QTDIR has been set in the Environment Variables in My 
> Computer->Properties->Advanced etc
>
> In Project->Properties->Linker->Additional Dependencies...
> qtmaind.lib QtCored4.lib QtGuid4.lib $(NOINHERIT)
>
> Although like I said the QT stuff works fine, If I remove the 
> VTKwidget and try to compile the app it works perfectly.
>
> Cheers
> Alex
>
>
> On 30.7.2010 19:08, Bobby Ren wrote:
>
> did you add the qt include directory into your additional includes 
> folders list under the project settings?
>
> On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Alex Southern 
> <mrapsouthern at gmail.com <mailto:mrapsouthern at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> (Not sure if I should post this here, but I think its a VTK thing 
> rather than QT)
>
> I'm sure this must be straight forward....
>
> I have been using QT to make a project in VS 2008 Pro, Windows 7. All 
> going well and then I want to add in the VTK rendering window....
>
> Note: Yes, I installed QT first and  waited a couple of hours for it 
> to build from source, then I installed VTK using cmake with the 
> required, VTK_USE_QT and VTK_GUISUPPORT, everything eventually 
> installed fine, cmake found the QT installation no problem and then QT 
> demos in VTK examples work fine.
>
> I copy the QVTKwidgetplugin.dll compiled by VTK over to the 
> C:/QT/4.6.3/plugins/designer folder. The vtk widget shows up in the 
> widgets box in QT designer when running through Visual Studio and 
> standalone.
>
> I then return to my QT project, open QT designer and add the vtkwidget 
> to my desired Tab. Save All. Exit QT Designer.
>
> Then I try to compile the project and I am presented with  "Cannot 
> open include file: 'QVTKWidget.h': No such file or directory".
>
> Note: I should add that my VTK installation is fine, my VTK projects 
> still compile an run no problem.
>
> The file exists in the VTK build folder C:\VTK\include\vtk-5.6
>
> So Im sure this has something to do with the fact the project was 
> never setup for VTK usage and I need to include the path somehow. 
> Although I have had no luck so far.
>
> Any suggestions please???
>
> Thanks
> Alex
>
>
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